Trip-hammer.



E. M. PATTEN.

TRIP HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1911.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'filed September 16, 1911. Serial No. 649,626. 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD M. PArrnN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Yuma,- in the county ofYuma and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements inTrip-Hammers, of which the following isa specification. v

This invention relates to trip [hammers and particularly to a hammerdesigned .es-

pecially -for use by blacksmiths or .the like,-

and-has for an object to provide a hammer whichwill include meansfor-effectively operating the samehnd means such as an anvil adjustablebeneath the hammer and adapted to support the work at any requireddistance with respect to the hammer as the occasion may require.

Another object of the invention is to prosliding anvil 3 is mounted. Ananvil com trollin'g'shaft 4 is journaled in the anvil and disposedtherebeneath, being provided with an eccentric 5 which is arranged inperipheral contact with the bar 5' of the frame so v that when the shaft4 is revolved the anvil may be raised or lowered, as the occasion mayrequire. The hammer 6' which is dis posed above the anvil comprises .a,head '7 and a rocking support 8.

The supportB 1S constructed'preferably coiled Patented'Oct.29,1912.

froma single piece of flat springy steel and :is provided with thehorizontal fiat portion '9 and a similar vertically disposed flatportion-10, the former being attached, at 11, in any'suitable well knownmanner to the head 7. The portion 10 is rolled so as to provide thecross sectionally wound ortion 12 which is coiled, at 13-, to form aorizontally disposed spring. One of the wound portions of the coil isthreaded, at 14, and extended through the lug 14 of the frame 1 andcured thereto by the clamping nuts 15 and 16, which are arranged at theopposite sidesof the frame bar, as shown. A tappet wheel or cam 17 ismounted on the hammer driving shaft 18 and is disposed beneath theactuating surfaceltl on the portion 10 of the ham-- mer supportingmember, being adapted to engage said surface so that thesupport will berocked verticallytoward, and away from the anvil 3.

In the construction of the apparatus do:

I scribed it will'be seen that the power of "the hammer can be regulatedas the occasion may require by readily adjusting the hammer and theanvil relatively.

I claim:

In apparatus of the character described, a

- frame,'an anvil, a lug rising from the frame and disposed above theplane of the anvil, a hammer disposed above the anvil, a helvc forthehammer provided at one end with a ort-ion for rendering the hammeryieldab e, the saidcoiled portion having one of its convolutionsextended through the lug anddetachably secured thereto, and means on theframe for moving the hammer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD M. PATTEN.

. Witnesses: I

WILLIAM B. HoUstroN, CHARLES E. H'ULBURD.

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